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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 1163-1172Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2015.2478855
Keywords
Color relation analysis (CRA); fractional-order dynamic error (FODE); maximum power point tracking (MPPT); photovoltaic energy conversion system (PVECS)
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- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST 103-2221-E-244-005, MOST 103-2221-E-244-013]
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In this paper, we propose a photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion system (PVECS) fault detection scheme using a fractional-order color relation classifier in microdistribution systems. Based on electrical examination method, output power degradation is used to monitor physical conditions with changes in a PV array's circuitry, including grounded faults, mismatch faults, bridged faults between two PV panels, and open-circuit faults. The PV array power depends on solar radiation and temperature, and maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control is used to maintain stable power supply to a microdistribution system in the event of a fault in the PVECS. The MPPT algorithm is employed to estimate the desired maximum power, which is then compared with the meter-read power. Fractional-order dynamic errors are determined to quantify output power degradation between the desired maximum power and the meter-read power. Then, a color relation analysis is used to separate normal conditions from fault events. For a PVECS with two panels in parallel, the simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method is suitable for real-time applications and is flexible for fault identification. Its detection rates exceeded 88.23% for six events.
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